{"id":11679,"date":"2015-08-31T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T01:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11679"},"modified":"2015-08-31T20:11:35","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T01:11:35","slug":"3-major-hurricanes-recorded-over-the-pacific-for-first-time-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=11679","title":{"rendered":"3 major hurricanes recorded over the Pacific for first time ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

3 major hurricanes recorded over the Pacific for first time ever<\/a><\/h3>\n

In a historic development this weekend, three major hurricanes were recorded over the Pacific Ocean for the first time since records have been kept.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Kilo, Hurricane Ignacio and Hurricane Jimena were all classified as Category 4 storms on Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the second highest classification on the Saffir-Simpson scale.<\/p>\n

It was the first time on record that there were three Category 4 hurricanes in the Pacific at the same time, and the first time three major hurricanes\u2014defined as Category 3 or higher\u2014were recorded over the Pacific, according to Weather.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cSea surface temperatures are extremely warm, averaging 2 to 5 degrees above normal,\u201d said meteorologist Chris Robbins, a former NHC forecaster and founder of Robbins Meteorological Consulting and\u00a0iWeatherNet.com.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThis anomaly is well north of the oceanic warming associated with a typical El Ni\u00f1o.\u201d<\/p>\n

The rare event was greeted with some enthusiasm by hurricane expert Eric Blake of the NHC on Twitter:<\/p>\n

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Historic central\/eastern Pacific outbreak- 3 major hurricanes at once for the first time on record! #<\/span>ElNino<\/span><\/a> #<\/span>climate<\/span><\/a> pic.twitter.com\/t4fdIZwhOO<\/a><\/p>\n

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@<\/span>EricBlake12<\/span><\/a> i sense some drooling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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@<\/span>ntxweathersoonr<\/span><\/a> one can’t use enough superlatives to talk about how unusual it is. Cpac\u00a0has no business looking like this<\/p>\n